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Sylvain Lévi

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Sylvain Lévi (March 28, 1863 – October 30, 1935) was an orientalist and indologist. [1]

39 relations: Abel Bergaigne, Alliance Israélite Universelle, Ashutosh Mukherjee, École pratique des hautes études, Émile Benveniste, Barbu Lăzăreanu, Bodhgaya inscription of Mahanaman, Brahmi script, Buddhism in Myanmar, Buddhist studies, Founding of the Nation, George Cardona, George de Roerich, Greater India, Henri Maspero, History of the Jews in Vietnam, Index of World War II articles (S), Introduction to the Study of the Hindu doctrines, Jacques Bacot, Judaism in Nepal, Kirata, Limbu people, List of University of Calcutta honorary degree recipients, Louis de La Vallée-Poussin, Mabel Haynes Bode, Marcelle Lalou, Paul Demiéville, Paul Pelliot, Pithunda, Prabodh Chandra Bagchi, Ramagupta, René Guénon, Société Asiatique, Sophytes, Surendranath Dasgupta, Tocharian languages, Visva-Bharati University, Wukong (monk), Yato Dharma Tato Jaya.

Abel Bergaigne

Abel Henri Joseph Bergaigne (31 August 1838 – 6 August 1888) was a French Indologist and scholar of Sanskrit.

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Alliance Israélite Universelle

The Alliance israélite universelle (כל ישראל חברים) is a Paris-based international Jewish organization founded in 1860 by the French statesman Adolphe Crémieux to safeguard the human rights of Jews around the world.

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Ashutosh Mukherjee

Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee CSI, FASB, FRSE, FRAS, MRIA (anglicised, originally Āśutōṣh Mukhōpādhyāẏa, also anglicised to Asutosh Mookerjee) (29 June 1864 – 25 May 1924) was a prolific Bengali educator, jurist, barrister and mathematician.

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École pratique des hautes études

The École pratique des hautes études, abbreviated EPHE, is a Grand Établissement in Paris, France, and a constituent college of PSL Research University.

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Émile Benveniste

Émile Benveniste (27 March 1902 – 3 October 1976) was a French structural linguist and semiotician.

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Barbu Lăzăreanu

Barbu Lăzăreanu (born Avram Lazarovici,Valentin Chifor, "Lăzăreanu Barbu", in Aurel Sasu (ed.), Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române, Vol. I, pp. 839–840. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004. also known as Barbou LazareanoPompiliu Păltânea, "Lettres roumaines", in Mercure de France, Nr. 627, August 1924, p. 818 or Barbu Lăzărescu;Straje, pp. 390, 391 October 5, 1881 – January 19, 1957) was a Romanian literary historian, bibliographer, and left-wing activist.

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Bodhgaya inscription of Mahanaman

The Bodh Gayā inscription of Mahānāman is an epigraphic record documenting the construction of a temple by the Sri Lankan monk Mahānāman at Bodh Gaya in the late sixth century.

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Brahmi script

Brahmi (IAST) is the modern name given to one of the oldest writing systems used in Ancient India and present South and Central Asia from the 1st millennium BCE.

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Buddhism in Myanmar

Buddhism in Myanmar is practiced by 89% of the country's population, and is predominantly of the Theravada tradition.

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Buddhist studies

Buddhist studies, also known as Buddhology (although the latter term is sometimes reserved for the study of Buddhas rather than that of Buddhism as a whole), is the academic study of Buddhism.

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Founding of the Nation

is a 1929 oil painting by Japanese yōga artist Kawamura Kiyoo (1854–1932).

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George Cardona

George Cardona (born June 3, 1936) is an American linguist, Indologist, Sanskritist, and scholar of Pāṇini.

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George de Roerich

George Nicolas de Roerich (Russian: Юрий Николаевич Рёрих,; August 16, 1902 in Okulovka, Novgorod Governorate – May 21, 1960 in Moscow) was a prominent 20th century Tibetologist.

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Greater India

The term Greater India is most commonly used to encompass the historical and geographic extent of all political entities of the Indian subcontinent, and the regions which are culturally linked to India or received significant Indian cultural influence.

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Henri Maspero

Henri Paul Gaston Maspero (15 December 188317 March 1945) was a French sinologist and professor who contributed to a variety of topics relating to East Asia.

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History of the Jews in Vietnam

Jews are a minor ethno-religious group in Vietnam, presently consisting of only about 300 people.

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Index of World War II articles (S)

# S-1 Uranium Committee.

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Introduction to the Study of the Hindu doctrines

Introduction to the Study of the Hindu doctrines was René Guénon's first major book.

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Jacques Bacot

Jacques Bacot (4 July 1877 – 25 June 1965) was an explorer and pioneering French Tibetologist.

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Judaism in Nepal

In 1986, the Israeli embassy in Kathmandu organized a Passover celebration as a service to the 7,000 Israelis who visit Nepal annually.

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Kirata

The Kirāta (Kirat) (किरात) is a generic term in Sanskrit literature for people who had territory in the mountains, particularly in the Himalayas and North-East India and who are believed to have been Sino-Tibetan in origin.

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Limbu people

The Limbu (ᤕᤠᤰᤌᤢᤱ) (exonym) or Yakthung (endonym) are Kirati people indigenous and native to their homeland himalayas, hills, mountainous and plains regions of Limbuwan.

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List of University of Calcutta honorary degree recipients

This is a list of honorary degree recipients from the University of Calcutta.

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Louis de La Vallée-Poussin

Louis Étienne Joseph Marie de La Vallée-Poussin (1 January 1869 – 18 February 1938) was a Belgian Indologist and scholar of Buddhist Studies.

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Mabel Haynes Bode

Mabel Haynes Bode (1864–1922) was one of the first women to enter the academic fields of Pali, Sanskrit and Buddhist studies.

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Marcelle Lalou

Marcelle Lalou (1890–1967) was a 20th-century French Tibetologist.

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Paul Demiéville

Paul Demiéville (13 September 1894 – 23 March 1979) was a Swiss-French sinologist and Orientalist known for his studies of the Dunhuang manuscripts and Buddhism and his translations of Chinese poetry, as well as for his 30-year tenure as co-editor of T'oung Pao.

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Paul Pelliot

Paul Eugène Pelliot (28 May 187826 October 1945) was a French Sinologist and Orientalist best known for his explorations of Central Asia and his discovery of many important Chinese texts among the Dunhuang manuscripts.

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Pithunda

Pithunda was a port in the ancient kingdom of Kalinga on the eastern coast of India.

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Prabodh Chandra Bagchi

Prabodh Chandra Bagchi (প্রবোধচন্দ্র-বাগচী) (18 November 1898 – 19 January 1956) or P. C. Bagchi was one of the most notable Sino -Indologists of the 20th century.

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Ramagupta

Ramagupta was the elder son and immediate successor of Samudragupta and succeeded by his younger brother Chandragupta II.

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René Guénon

René-Jean-Marie-Joseph Guénon (15 November 1886 – 7 January 1951), also known as ʿAbd al-Wāḥid Yaḥyá, was a French author and intellectual who remains an influential figure in the domain of metaphysics, having written on topics ranging from sacred science and traditional studies, to symbolism and initiation.

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Société Asiatique

The Société Asiatique is a French learned society dedicated to the study of Asia.

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Sophytes

Sophytes, or Sopeites,Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great: Prosopography of Alexander's Empire, Waldemar Heckel John Wiley & Sons, 2008, p.267 Sophytos, is the name of a king or satrap who ruled circa 300 BCE in Bactria or in the northwestern Indian subcontinent, and whose exact identity is shrouded in mystery.

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Surendranath Dasgupta

Surendranath Dasgupta (সুরেন্দ্রনাথ দাশগুপ্ত) (October 1887 – 18 December 1952) was a scholar of Sanskrit and philosophy.

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Tocharian languages

Tocharian, also spelled Tokharian, is an extinct branch of the Indo-European language family.

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Visva-Bharati University

Visva-Bharati (A Central University is a public central university located in Santiniketan, West Bengal. It was founded by Rabindranath Tagore who called it Visva-Bharati, which means the communion of the world with India. Until independence it was a college. Soon after independence, in 1951, the institution was given the status of a university and was renamed Visva-Bharati University. The English daily, The Nation, notes, "Using the money he received with his Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, the school was expanded and renamed Visva-Bharati University. It grew to become one of India's most renowned places of higher learning, with a list of alumni that includes Nobel-winning economist Amartya Sen, globally renowned filmmaker Satyajit Ray and the country's leading art historian, R. Siva Kumar, to name just a few.".

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Wukong (monk)

Wukong (EFEO: Ou-k'ong; 730 to after 790 CE) was a Tang dynasty Chinese Buddhist monk.

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Yato Dharma Tato Jaya

Yato Dharma Tato Jaya (यतो धर्मस्ततो जयः) is a Sanskrit shloka.

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